Mike Landers (politician)

Mike Landers
Member of Parliament
for Saint John—Lancaster
In office
1974–1979
Preceded byThomas M. Bell
Succeeded byEric Ferguson
Member of Parliament
for Saint John
In office
1980–1984
Preceded byEric Ferguson
Succeeded byGerald Merrithew
Personal details
Born (1943-04-27) 27 April 1943 (age 81)
Saint John, New Brunswick
Political partyLiberal
ProfessionChemical dependency counsellor, lawyer

Mike Landers (born 27 April 1943 in Saint John, New Brunswick) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer and addiction counsellor by career.

He won New Brunswick's Saint John—Lancaster electoral district in the 1974 federal election and served in the 30th Canadian Parliament. He lost the following election in 1979 to Eric Ferguson of the Progressive Conservative party, but regained the seat within months in the 1980 federal election.[1]

Landers left politics after serving in the 30th and 32nd Canadian Parliaments and became a Commissioner with the Canadian Transport Commission from 1984 to 1987.[2]

1980 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mike Landers 13,122 41.4 +1.8
Progressive Conservative Eric Ferguson 12,363 39.0 -2.6
New Democratic David M. Brown 5,978 18.9 +0.0
Independent Marilynn Fox 103 0.3 -
Libertarian Peter Jones 66 0.2 -
Marxist–Leninist Gilles DesRosiers 35 0.1 -
Total valid votes 31,667 100.0
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1979 Canadian federal election: Saint John—Rothesay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Eric Ferguson 13,989 41.6 +0.6
Liberal Mike Landers 13,316 39.6 -6.5
New Democratic Eldon Richardson 6,358 18.9 +6.5
Total valid votes 33,663 100.0
  1. ^ "Atlantic provinces". The Gazette. Montreal. 20 February 1980. p. 22. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Maser, Peter (4 August 1984). "Grit ridings in Atlantic provinces get special attention from Tories". Ottawa Citizen. p. 23. Retrieved 14 October 2010.